Three severely disabled children have been removed from their home
because their foster mother has been deemed to be a "compulsive
caregiver." The children--all suffering from a syndrome that limits
their development to that of eight-week old babies--have been in the
foster mother's care since 2002 (two girls) and 2006 (a boy). A
registered nurse, the foster mom was giving the children expert care.
In the words of a report written by the very therapist who "diagnosed"
the foster mother with so-called compulsive caregiver's syndrome, she
is "attractive, intelligent and
charming...competent...[and]...committed to [the] wellbeing" of her
children, frequently placing "their needs above her own." You know,
like a good mother.
According to
the Australian, the author of the report, psychologist, Toni Single "has an interest in
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